whatever

update:

beth is doing a little better and is home from the hospital as of yesterday.

beth had severe malaria and they are fighting it with medication but it is not easy.

third world medical care is horrible as you can imagine....  

pam is also sick but not as critical as beth was/is.

PLEASE keep praying for healing.

i miss her so much. 

please pray.

my friend Pam who is living with her family in Liberia asked for prayer today.
her daughter Beth, 13 years old, holding the puppy, is very sick and it is serious.
she has been hospitalized.
PLEASE PRAY for her healing right now....and continually.
God is good.  All the time.  No matter what.

(this is THE PAM of the THE pam's cheesecake...) 

3 things.

FIRST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

i need to giveaway my piano.
if you want it and can come and get it (newton, ks) then leave a comment or email me ok?

it's great and i hate to get rid of it but it's just taking up space at the craft house and there is no room at the farm house.  my children have all said they don't want to play piano anymore.  Since i don't see any future prodigies amoung them in piano...i am ready to let it go.

it's in "antique" shape.  it's been well loved.  but there is nothing wrong with it. 

let me know if you want it.
i will be so happy for her to go to a good home.  :)

i wrote a post about it earlier this year.  (makes me sad now) 

it's taken now.
SIGH. 

 

SECOND - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 

my friend Lisa Leonard announced something pretty darn awesome today. 



join me in praying for their family in this new COOL journey they are starting.
prayer is effective....let's lift them up!

a tv show??? it's pretty amazing.
be sure to share her video on facebook, twitter and pinterest.

 

 

THIRD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

i love The Adventure Project.
they put action to their words.
they find ways to provide a way out of poverty and they GET AFTER IT!

they offer ways for me to help out....sitting in a little kansas town all the way on the other side of the world!!

TODAY IS AN IMPORTANT DAY and we need your help.

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ok.... TODAY ONLY.... all our donations will be matched up to $5,000.
so i want you to HELP.
lets make a difference today.
it's so simple.
and so HUGE!!!

i set my goal to provide 3 pumps today....$1200.
and honestly i think that is kind of a wimpy goal.

please tell me we can exceed that.

imagine if you had to water you own garden....let alone your crop to feed your family and make all your income....with no hose?!
and you did it for years and years and years.

AND THEN someone offered you an irrigation pump at a price you could afford because someone very far away cared about you.
that someone heard God say "help today"
that someone gave from their heart and that made a difference!

BE THAT SOMEONE TODAY.

i know how many of you come here everyday.
i know this goal is too easy.

prove it.

DONATE HERE TODAY.

 

 

 

 

 

 

31Bits...i love them.

one of my favorite companies out there is 31Bits.
they make beautiful jewelry that gives women in Uganda the ability to overcome poverty.
it's awesome.





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i love going through their website and reading about the women who design the jewelry.
all those smiles....sigh.
it's a beautiful thing.

they launched their fall/winter line yesterday.
it's really cool stuff....lots of different and unique designs.
they are works of art.
the new line has cool new colors too!



i am a bracelet kind of girl...i almost always wear three or four at a time.
so this new page or two of bracelets made me very happy.







and guess what my dear sweet blog readers....

you can enter the code MEG20 and get 20% your order!!!

woo-hoo!!!
and i know that it works because i placed my order last night!  :) 

now click on over to 31Bits for some shopping and be sure to click through and read their blog too!

(it's not too early to shop for christmas... for reals)

 

passing this onto you....

this email came today from 1Billion Thirsty....the group i went to africa with (partnered with water4christmas)
i looked at the picture in my home of the children i met in Freetown, Sierra Leone.
i thought about the young men and women i met and spoke with.

and prayed for them.

i had to pass this on to you..... 

 

                                                                    

                                                          DONATE HERE

Mercy Project

today i would love to tell you about Mercy Project.

Heather Hendrick of the Mercy Project wrote these words about the group and their mission:

There’s an estimated 7,000 children who work in the Ghana fishing industry. Some of
these children are as young as 5 and 6 years old.  All of these children are slaves.

Today many in our country will take a day off from our jobs to celebrate the social and economic achievements of American workers.  
No matter if we’re celebrating at home or at the beach, we’re entering into a tradition that has largely been shaped by Labor Unions - organizations that are dedicated to protecting workers’ interests and improving their wages, hours, and working conditions.  
Today as we lounge around or hang out with friends and family, we’re not only celebrating hard work, we’re honoring fair, ethical working practices and the laws that prevent discrimination, abuse, and child labor in our country.  
Without these laws in place (and enforced), the most vulnerable members of society suffer.  

Who are the most vulnerable? Children. 

Today as we’re celebrating the systems in our own country that strive to prevent injustices like child trafficking and child labor, we’re mindful of the many child slaves around the world who are unprotected and the organizations, like Mercy Project, who are working to free them.

 

As a mother, it’s difficult for me to imagine my children working 14 hours a day, 7 days a week.  
I’m unable to wrap my brain around the thought of my children engaged in long, hard days of physical labor, eating one meal a day, and then falling asleep at night on a dirt floor filled with other slave children.  

Yet this is the daily reality for kids who have been trafficked into the fishing industry in Ghana, Africa.  

As with much of Africa, there is a great deal of poverty in Ghana.

Unfortunately, this leaves many mothers in an unimaginable position: sell their children to someone who can take better care of them or watch them starve to death.

Most of the mothers are told their children will be given food, housing, and an education.
Instead, the kids are often taken to Lake Volta where they become child slaves and their mothers never see them again.  

Thankfully, Mercy Project is working to break the cycles of trafficking around Lake Volta by providing alternate, more efficient, sustainable, fishing methods for villagers – ultimately eliminating the need for child slaves.  

Because of the work Mercy Project is doing in Ghana, the first group of children will be freed this month from Lake Volta.

*******please watch this documentary about the issues in Ghana and the HOPE Mercy Project is bringing! *******

 

Mercy Project is the only NGO working on Lake Volta addressing the injustice of child labor and child trafficking at its root - by strengthening the Ghanaian economy and eliminating the structures that cause the demand for trafficked children.

Whether these ideas of child labor, child trafficking, and modern-day slavery are new to you or you’re aware of these injustices, but need to hear some good news every once in awhile, we invite you to become a part of what Mercy Project is doing in Ghana.  

When Mercy Project frees their first group of children this month, we can all celebrate together.

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thank you Heather....

i don't know about you, but when i hear about another kind of injustice i get to where i think about those children constantly.  
i worry for them.  
i hurt for them.
but i am so excited when i hear about REAL programs that are trying to fix things one step at a time.
one step at a time is better than no steps!

what would you do if this was happening HERE to our children?
these are children just like ours.
no different.
everyone deserves a chance! 

let's support Mercy Project today.
can you donate today?
i would LOVE, love, looooove if ALL of my readers donated something today.
any amount is worth it.
i would love to say "WE support you Mercy Project" 

$5.00 can buy you a fancy coffee or make a difference to a child in Ghana.
that is pretty amazing when you think about the impact your money can have!
you really do count in making a change!

i can't wait to see what can be done through these awesome willing servants!

Mercy Project Facebook and Twitter can you keep you up to date on what's going on daily.

 

“When the lives and the rights of children are at stake,
there must be no silent witnesses.” - Carol Bellamy

 

thanks for joining me.